Changes to the Federal Register for June 22, 2007

Administrative Personnel 5 CFR 1-699
Part 531 - On behalf of the President's Pay Agent, the Office of Personnel Management is issuing interim regulations on the locality pay program for General Schedule and certain other employees. The interim regulations add Whatcom County, WA, to the Seattle locality pay area, remove the reference to a January effective date for changes made by the President's Pay Agent in locality pay area boundaries, and make a number of changes in the official names of locality pay areas to correspond to revised names of Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Combined Statistical Areas as established by the Office of Management and Budget. [72 FR 34361]

Customs Duties 19 CFR 0-140
Parts 10, 163, and 178 - This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") regulations on an interim basis to implement the duty-free provisions of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement ("HOPE") Act of 2006. [72 FR 34365]

Customs Duties 19 CFR 141-199
Parts 10, 163, and 178 - This document amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection ("CBP") regulations on an interim basis to implement the duty-free provisions of the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement ("HOPE") Act of 2006. [72 FR 34365]

Money And Finance: Treasury 31 CFR 200-END
Part 537 - The Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury ("OFAC") is amending the Burmese Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 537, to add new §537.527, which sets forth a statement of OFAC licensing policy with respect to the issuance of specific licenses for the importation of Burmese origin animals and specimens, in sample quantities only, for bona fide scientific research and analysis purposes. [72 FR 34376]

Navigation And Navigable Waters 33 CFR 1-124
Part 110 - The Coast Guard is expanding the boundary of a Special Anchorage Area on the Hudson River at Nyack, NY. This action is necessary to facilitate safe navigation in that area and provide safe and secure anchorages for vessels not more than 20 meters in length. This action is intended to increase the safety of life and property on the Hudson River, improve the safety of anchored vessels, and provide for the overall safe and efficient flow of recreational vessel traffic and commerce. [72 FR 34377]

Navigation and Navigable Waters 33 CFR 125-199
Part 165 - The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent, NY. This zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of the St. Lawrence River during the French Festival Fireworks on July 14, 2007 fireworks display. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with fireworks displays. [72 FR 34379]

Navigation and Navigable Waters 33 CFR 125-199
Part 165 - The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the Genesee River and Lake Ontario near Rochester, NY. This zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of the Genesee River and Lake Ontario during the Rochester Harborfest Fireworks display on June 23, 2007. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with fireworks displays. [72 FR 34381]

Navigation and Navigable Waters 33 CFR 125-199
Part 165 - The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the St. Lawrence River, Clayton, NY. This zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of the St. Lawrence River during the Clayton Fireworks display on July 1, 2007. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with fireworks displays. [72 FR 34383]

Navigation and Navigable Waters 33 CFR 125-199
Part 165 - The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in Presque Isle Bay, Erie, PA. This zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of Presque Isle Bay during the Lake Erie Interclub Race Fireworks Display on June 23, 2007. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with fireworks displays. [72 FR 34385]

Navigation and Navigable Waters 33 CFR 125-199
Part 165 - The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone on the Seneca River, Papermill Island, Baldwinsville, NY. This zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of the Seneca River during the Papermill Island Fireworks display on June 30, 2007. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with fireworks displays. [72 FR 34387]

Navigation and Navigable Waters 33 CFR 125-199
Part 165 - The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone encompassing the navigable waters of the St. Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, NY. This safety zone is necessary to ensure the safety of spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with a powerboat race. This safety zone restricts vessel traffic from a portion of the St. Lawrence River, Ogdensburg, NY. [72 FR 34390]

Navigation and Navigable Waters 33 CFR 125-199
Part 165 - The Coast Guard is establishing a temporary safety zone in Port Bay, Wolcott, NY. This zone is intended to restrict vessels from a portion of Port Bay during the Tom Graves Memorial Fireworks display on July 3, 2007. This temporary safety zone is necessary to protect spectators and vessels from the hazards associated with fireworks displays. [72 FR 34392]

Pensions, Bonuses, And Veterans' Relief 38 CFR 0-17
Part 2 - This document amends the Department of Veterans Affairs regulation containing delegations of authority to the Assistant to the Secretary for Regulation Policy and Management. The amendments are intended to reflect changes in delegations of authority and to comply with Executive Order 12866 as recently amended, which requires that the position of Regulatory Policy Officer in each agency be filled by a Presidential Appointee. [72 FR 34394]

Pensions, Bonuses, And Veterans' Relief 38 CFR 18-END
Part 75 - This document establishes regulations to address data breaches regarding sensitive personal information that is processed or maintained by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The regulations implement certain provisions of Title IX of the Veterans Benefits, Health Care, and Information Technology Act of 2006, which require promulgation of these regulations as an interim final rule. [72 FR 34395]

Pesticides Programs 40 CFR 150-189
Part 180 - This regulation establishes tolerances for combined residues of thiamethoxam and its metabolite (CGA-322704) in or on artichoke, globe; caneberry subgroup 13-A, hop, dried cones; grape; grape, raisin; brassica, head and stem, subgroup 5-A; brassica, leafy greens, subgroup 5-B; vegetable, leafy, except brassica group 4. Additionally, tolerance levels for barley, grain; barley, hay and barley, straw will be amended. Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) and Syngenta Crop Protection Inc. requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). [72 FR 34401]

Transportation 49 CFR 400-999
Part 571 - In April 2007, the agency published a final rule establishing a new Federal motor vehicle safety standard on electronic stability control (ESC) systems for light vehicles. As part of that rulemaking, the final rule notice stated that NHTSA had decided to defer the standard's requirements related to the ESC telltales and controls until the end of the phase-in period (i.e., until September 1, 2011). Accordingly, most of the paragraphs containing ESC telltale and control requirements were prefaced with the phrase "as of September 1, 2011." However, that phrase was inadvertently omitted from two of the paragraphs setting forth ESC telltale and control requirements. These amendments correct this administrative error by adding the phrase "as of September 1, 2011" to those paragraphs. [72 FR 34409]

Wildlife And Fisheries 50 CFR 600-END
Part 679 - NMFS announces a temporary closure of the Eastern U.S./Canada Area to limited access NE multispecies days-at-sea (DAS) vessels. Based upon Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) reports and other available information, the Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional Administrator) has projected that 100 percent of the total allowable catch (TAC) of Georges Bank (GB) cod allocated to be harvested from the Eastern U.S./Canada Area would be harvested by July 12, 2007, if current catch rates continue. This action is being taken to prevent the 2007 TAC for GB cod in the Eastern U.S./Canada Area from being exceeded during the 2007 fishing year, and to minimize the impacts of discards of undersized haddock, in accordance with the regulations implemented under Amendment 13 to the NE Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. This area will be reopened at a later date during the 2007 fishing year to provide access to the shared U.S./Canada Stocks of cod, haddock, and yellowtail flounder, if NMFS determines that the area can be reopened without exceeding the GB cod TAC for the 2007 fishing year. [72 FR 34411]